WorksheetsAWS Study Guide
Total questions: 50
Worksheet time: 50mins
Which design principles are enabled by the AWS Cloud to improve the operation of workloads? (Select TWO)
Minimize platform design
Loose coupling
Customized hardware
Remove single points of failure
What advantages does a database administrator obtain by using the Amazon Relational Database Service (RDS)?
RDS simplifies relational database administration tasks
RDS enables users to dynamically adjust CPU and RAM resources
RDS provides 99.99999999999% reliability and durability
RDS databases automatically scale based on load
A company is planning to run a global marketing application in the AWS Cloud. The application will feature videos that can be viewed by users. The company must ensure that all users can view these videos with low latency.Which AWS service should the company use to meet this requirement?
Elastic Load Balancing
AWS Auto Scaling
Amazon Kinesis Video Streams
Amazon CloudFront
Which pillar of the AWS Well-Architected Framework refers to the ability of a system to recover from infrastructure or service disruptions and dynamically acquire computing resources to meet demand?
Security
Performance efficiency
Cost optimization
Reliability
A company is planning to replace its physical on-premises compute servers with AWS serverless compute services. The company wants to be able to take advantage of advanced technologies quickly after the migration.Which pillar of the AWS Well-Architected Framework does this plan represent?
Security
Reliability
Performance efficiency
Operational excellence
A company wants to review its monthly costs of using Amazon EC2 and Amazon RDS for the past year.Which AWS service or tool provides this information
Cost Explorer
AWS Trusted Advisor
Amazon CloudWatch
Amazon Forecast
A company wants to migrate a critical application to AWS. The application has a short runtime. The application is invoked by changes in data or by shifts in system state. The company needs a compute solution that maximizes operational efficiency and minimizes the cost of running the application. Which AWS solution should the company use to meet these requirements?
AWS Lambda
Amazon EC2 Spot Instances
Amazon EC2 Reserved Instances
Amazon EC2 On-Demand Instances
Which task requires using AWS account root user credentials?
Viewing billing information
Changing the AWS Support plan
Starting and stopping Amazon EC2 instances
Opening an AWS Support case
Which AWS service or feature allows users to connect with and deploy AWS services programmatically?
AWS Management Console
AWS Cloud9
AWS CodePipeline
AWS software development kits (SDKs)
A company needs to establish a connection between two VPCs. The VPCs are located in two different AWS Regions. The company wants to use the existing infrastructure of the VPCs for this connection.Which AWS service or feature can be used to establish this connection?
AWS Client VPN
VPC peering
AWS Direct Connect
VPC endpoints
Which AWS service or feature acts as a firewall for Amazon EC2 instances?
Network ACL
Elastic network interface
Amazon VPC
Security group
A user is planning to launch three EC2 instances behind a single Elastic Load Balancer. The deployment should be highly available.
Launch the instances across multiple Availability Zones in a single AWS Region.
Launch the instances as EC2 Spot Instances in the same AWS Region and the same Availability Zone.
Launch the instances in multiple AWS Regions, and use Elastic IP addresses.
Launch the instances as EC2 Reserved Instances in the same AWS Region, but in different Availability Zones.
Which tasks are the responsibility of AWS, according to the AWS shared responsibility model? (Choose two.)
Upgrade the firmware of the network infrastructure.
Maintain the physical security of edge locations.
Apply password rotation for IAM users.
Maintain least privilege access to the root user account.
Which of the following are features of network ACLs as they are used in the AWS Cloud? (Choose two.)
They are stateless.
They evaluate all rules before allowing traffic.
They operate at the instance level.
They process rules in order, starting with the lowest numbered rule, when deciding whether to allow traffic.
A company has designed its AWS Cloud infrastructure to run its workloads effectively. The company also has protocols in place to continuously improve supporting processes. Which pillar of the AWS Well-Architected Framework does this scenario represent?
Security
Performance efficiency
Cost optimization
Operational excellence
A company wants to run production workloads on AWS. The company needs concierge service, a designated AWS technical account manager (TAM), and technical support that is available 24 hours a day, 7 days a week. Which AWS Support plan will meet these requirements?
AWS Basic Support
AWS Enterprise Support
AWS Business Support
AWS Developer Support
A customer needs to determine Total Cost of Ownership (TCO) for a workload that requires physical isolation. Which hosting model should be used?
Reserved Instances
On-Demand Instances
Dedicated Hosts
Spot Instances
Which AWS services are managed database services? (Choose two.)
Amazon S3
Amazon Elastic File System (Amazon EFS)
Amazon RDS
Amazon DynamoDB
Which documentation does AWS Artifact provide?
Amazon EC2 terms and conditions
A list of previous-generation Amazon EC2 instance types
AWS ISO certifications
A history of a company's AWS spending
A company is using the AWS Free Tier for several AWS services for an application. What will happen if the Free Tier usage period expires or if the application use exceeds the Free Tier usage limits?
The company will be charged the standard pay-as-you-go service rates for the usage that exceeds the Free Tier usage.
The company's AWS account will be frozen and can be restarted after a payment plan is established.
AWS Support will contact the company to set up standard service charges.
The company will be charged for the services it consumed during the Free Tier period, plus additional charges for service consumption after the Free Tier period.
Which AWS service will help protect applications running on AWS from DDoS attacks?
Amazon GuardDuty
AWS WAF
AWS Shield
Amazon Inspector
A company does not want to rely on elaborate forecasting to determine its usage of compute resources. Instead, the company wants to pay only for the resources that it uses. The company also needs the ability to increase or decrease its resource usage to meet business requirements. Which pillar of the AWS Well-Architected Framework aligns with these requirements?
Operational excellence
Security
Reliability
Cost optimization
A large enterprise with multiple VPCs in several AWS Regions around the world needs to connect and centrally manage network connectivity between its VPCs. Which AWS service or feature meets these requirements?
AWS Site-to-Site VPN
AWS Direct Connect
AWS Transit Gateway
VPC endpoints
What happens when you use Amazon Virtual Private Cloud (Amazon VPC) to create a new VPC?
An internet gateway is created by default.
A main route table is created by default.
Three subnets are created by default: one for each Availability Zone.
Three subnets are created by default in one Availability Zone.
Which AWS service should be used to monitor Amazon EC2 instances for CPU and network utilization?
Amazon Inspector
AWS CloudTrail
Amazon CloudWatch
AWS Config
A company that has multiple business units wants to centrally manage and govern its AWS Cloud environments. The company wants to automate the creation of AWS accounts, apply service control policies (SCPs), and simplify billing processes. Which AWS service or tool should the company use to meet these requirements?
AWS Organizations
Cost Explorer
AWS Budgets
AWS Trusted Advisor
Which IT controls do AWS and the customer share, according to the AWS shared responsibility model? (Choose two.)
Physical and environmental controls
Patch management
Cloud awareness and training
Application data encryption
Which of the following are benefits of the AWS Cloud? (Select TWO.)
Companies need increased IT staff
Capital expenses are replaced with variable expenses.
Customers receive the same monthly bill regardless of which resources they use.
Companies gain increased agility.
A company requires physical isolation of its Amazon EC2 instances from the instances of other customers.
Which instance purchasing option meets this requirement?
Dedicated Hosts
Reserved Instances
On-Demand Instances
Spot Instances
Which AWS Cloud architecture principle states that systems should reduce interdependencies?
Scalability
Services, not servers
Automation
Loose coupling
Which AWS Cloud architecture design principle supports the distribution of workloads across multiple Availability Zones?
Implement automation.
Design for agility.
Design for failure.
Implement elasticity.
Which of the following describes a security best practice that can be implemented by using AWS Identity and Access Management (IAM)?
Turn off AWS Management Console access for all users.
Generate secret keys for every IAM user.
Grant permissions to users who are required to perform a specific task only.
Store AWS credentials within Amazon EC2 instances.
Which of the following are advantages of the AWS Cloud? (Select TWO.)
AWS manages the maintenance of the cloud infrastructure.
AWS manages the security of applications built on AWS.
AWS manages capacity planning for physical servers.
AWS manages the development of applications on AWS.
A company needs to monitor and receive alerts about AWS Management Console sign-in events that involve the AWS account root user.
Which AWS service can the company use to meet these requirements?
Amazon CloudWatch
AWS Config
AWS Trusted Advisor
AWS Identity and Access Management (IAM)
Which aspect of AWS infrastructure provides global deployment of compute and storage?
Multiple Availability Zones in an AWS Region
Multiple AWS Regions
Tags
Resource groups
A company has an application server that runs on an Amazon EC2 instance. The application server needs to access contents within a private Amazon S3 bucket.
What is the recommended approach to meet this requirement?
Create an IAM role with the appropriate permissions. Associate the role with the EC2 instance.
Configure a VPC peering connection to allow private communication between the EC2 instance and the S3 bucket.
Create a shared access key. Configure the EC2 instance to use the hardcoded key.
Configure the application to read an access key from a secured source.
A company wants a dedicated private connection to the AWS Cloud from its on-premises operations.
Which AWS service or feature will provide this connection?
AWS VPN
AWS PrivateLink
VPC endpoint
AWS Direct Connect
Which AWS services or features support data replication across AWS Regions? (Select TWO.)
Amazon S3
Amazon Elastic Block Store (Amazon EBS)
Amazon EC2 instance store
Amazon RDS
Which Amazon EC2 pricing model adjusts based on supply and demand of EC2 instances?
On-Demand Instances
Reserved Instances
Spot Instances
Convertible Reserved Instances
A company is hosting a static website from a single Amazon S3 bucket.
Which AWS service will achieve lower latency and high transfer speeds?
AWS Elastic Beanstalk
Amazon DynamoDB Accelerator (DAX)
Amazon Route 53
Amazon CloudFront
Which AWS service provides a simple and scalable shared file storage solution for use with Linux-based Amazon EC2 instances and on-premises servers?
AWS Managed Services (AMS)
Amazon S3 Glacier
Amazon Elastic Block Store (Amazon EBS)
Amazon Elastic File System (Amazon EFS)
A company needs phone, email, and chat access 24 hours a day, 7 days a week. The response time must be less than 1 hour if a production system has a service interruption.
Which AWS Support plan meets these requirements at the LOWEST cost?
AWS Basic Support
AWS Developer Support
AWS Business Support
AWS Enterprise Support
Which recommendations are included in the AWS Trusted Advisor checks? (Select TWO.)
Amazon S3 bucket permissions
AWS service outages for services
Multi-factor authentication (MFA) use on the AWS account root user
Available software patches for Amazon EC2 instances
Which of the following is an advantage of consolidated billing on AWS?
Volume pricing qualification
Shared access permissions
Multiple bills for each account
Elimination of the need to tag resources
Which AWS service can create an alarm that sends a notification when a billing threshold is exceeded?
AWS Trusted Advisor
AWS CloudTrail
Amazon CloudWatch
Amazon QuickSight
Which AWS Cloud service is best suited for analyzing your data by using standard structured query language (SQL) and your existing business intelligence (BI) tools?
Amazon Relational Database Service (Amazon RDS)
Amazon Simple Storage Service Glacier
Amazon DynamoDB
Amazon Redshift
What is the service provided by AWS that enables developers to easily deploy and manage applications in the cloud?
Amazon Elastic Container Service
AWS Elastic Beanstalk
Amazon Opswork
AWS CloudFormation
You need to find an item in an Amazon DynamoDB table using an attribute other than the item's primary key.
Which of the following operations should you use?
PutItem
Scan
Query
GetItem
Amazon Elastic Block Store (Amazon EBS) is recommended when data __________ and ___________. (Choose two)
requires object-level storage
must be quickly accessible, requiring long-term persistence
requires an encryption solution
need to be stored in a different Availability Zone than the one the EC2 instance is in
You need to allow resources in a private subnet to access the Internet. Which of the following must be present to enable this access?
Network access control lists
NAT gateway
Security groups
Route tables
